2021 Arbitration Year in Review
…v Luxtona Ltd., and United Mexican States v Burr]; and (2) the application of the foundational principle of “separability” in the bankruptcy context in Petrowest Corporation v Peace River Hydro…
BC – correctness standard of review applies on set aside applications on jurisdiction grounds – #555
…ICAA: The Russian Federation v. Luxtona Limited,2021 ONSC 4604 at para. 10. While the chambers judge cited Born at 1198 for the broad proposition that a common international approach has…
Ontario – Arbitrator’s stand-alone jurisdiction decision a preliminary “ruling” open to de novo review – #820
…“deciding the matter” of jurisdiction de novo” – case note # 586) and The Russian Federation v Luxtona Limited, 2021 ONSC 4604, upheld on appeal 2023 ONCA 393 (see “Ontario…
Québec – default is all disputes subject to broadly-worded arbitration agreement unless expressly excluded – #309
…referring to The Russia Federation v. Luxtona Limited, 2019 ONSC 7558. For the Arbitration Matters note on that decision, see “Court revisits/reverses prior decision which allowed new evidence on post-award…
Singapore – Party cannot resist enforcement on grounds already rejected at seat – #831
…the Singapore Court of Appeal’s. Recall the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in The Russian Federation v Luxtona Limited, 2023 ONCA 393, that international decisions concerning the application of the…
Ontario – Arbitrators can decide non-legal business disputes, but not in this case – #608
…review and set aside (see The Russian Federation v. Luxtona Limited, 2021 ONSC 4604 Case Note #513 and Hornepayne First Nation v. Ontario First Nations (2008) Ltd., 2021 ONSC 5534…
Ontario – “Vigorous” intervention and “difficult”, “incisive” questions by arbitrator not bias – #632
…s. 17(8) of the Act have been vexing. See, for example an earlier Case Note: Lisa’s 2021 Top Pick: Ontario – Russian Federation v Luxtona Limited (Part 1) – #564….
Québec – Final Award on arbitrator’s own jurisdiction: what recourse(s)? – #797
…which are comparable to section 632 of the CCP. See Russian Federation v Luxtona, 2023 ONCA 393, discussed by Arbitration Matters in “Courts must decide arbitral jurisdiction de novo #748….
Québec – Court dismisses application challenging arbitral tribunal’s joinder of non-signatory – #680
…hearing de novo and not a review of the tribunal’s decision” [The Russian Federation v. Luxtona Limited, 2021 ONSC 4604, para 10]. Based on the reasons, it is unclear whether…
2022 Arbitration Year in Review
…Russian Federation v Luxtona, 2021 ONSC 4604; and the British Columbia Court of Appeal’s decision of Escape 101 Ventures Inc. v March of Dimes Canada, 2022 BCCA 294, which found…